It’s 23:44 pm and I’m cuddling under a soft fleece in the dark. Outside ferocious wind and rain is battering Britain. Our home has mysteriously started howling lately when the wind blows. Where it comes in or through what it blows I don’t know but it cries out like a haunted house.
I can hear the trees at the back as they withstand the storm. How many of these have they felt shaking them to the core. Fearlessly they remain anchored in the same spot. Their foundations firm. They know this isn’t the first or the last storm of their lives. Storms are part of life just like sunny days.
This year of 2022 feels to me like a storm after the quiet of 2021. After a period of waiting, preparing and transitioning, the time for doing is here. Everywhere I look there is things to do. (I’m not just talking about the laundry and the dishes) There is a buzz in the air. An expectation of things happening.
A storm…
Why are there storms? A flurry of energy that shakes and quakes and sometimes breaks? It’s almost like a test to see if what you’ve been building in your life can stand. Are your foundations ready for the next level? Are you ready for more responsibility? Mature enough to handle the storm.
I love how King David often referred to Yahweh as his shelter in the storm. Just as I’m sitting here all warm and cosy while the storm whistles around me. I’m safe in Him. Sometimes David said that he runs and finds refuge in God. I know that when I start to feel things getting to me that this is what I need to do.
If you feel like this year is like a storm and everything in your life is being shaken know this: You have a shelter that can keep you safe. It doesn’t matter what happens outside of you. Inside you can find peace within the arms of love. Like Elsa in the movie Frozen when she embraces the storm – “Let it snow!”
Let it do what it needs to do. Stand firm in Him. Don’t panic or fear. He’ll provide what you need to get through it. (Says the woman who is building a house this year😂)
I’m standing with you like the trees together out there. We are going to make it to enjoy another sunshine day together soon.
Clara Berge 